Where does DCNS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DCNS ranks #9,017 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does DCNS hold?

DCNS holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is DCNS's Innovation Score?

DCNS has an Innovation Score of 41.3 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is DCNS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DCNS's recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for DCNS's patents?

DCNS's patents average 13.3 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the DCNS patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

DCNS

Q: What technology areas does DCNS focus on?

DCNS's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 22 patents. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DCNS ranks #9,017 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 35 technology areas.

#9,017
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.3/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9017 · Foreign Corporation #9,017 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,017/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Correlated Magnetics…
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AMX · near

41
Beto Engineering &… · near

41
DCNS · this assignee

41
Koss · near

41
Nitto Kohki · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DCNS's Innovation Score is 41.3/100 (top 33% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Where DCNS's grants concentrate

DCNS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 62.9% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (13 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, DCNS sits between Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC and Doosan Bobcat North America, Inc..

Correlated Magnet…

35
Cybex Internation…

35
Danby Products

35
Danfoss Silicon P…

35
Deepmap

35
DET International…

35
Dart Container

35
Doosan Bobcat Nor…

35
DCNS ◀

35

What this shows DCNS holds 35 patents at rank #9,016, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DCNS

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,016 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in DCNS's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DCNS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd. 41 Koss Corporation 41 AMX LLC 41 Beto Engineering & Marketing Co., Ltd. 41

DCNS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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DCNS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	20.0%
2016	13	37.1%
2017	7	20.0%
2018	3	8.6%
2019	5	14.3%

Which technologies does DCNS patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 22

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 10

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 9

G21D - Nuclear Power Plant 8

G21C - Nuclear Reactors 8

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 5

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 5

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 2

Top 15 of 35 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#9,017

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

DCNS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DCNS's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 62.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #9,017 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DCNS against Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.3/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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